Improved key-guard



liniidiatr @wat @Wina 'To all whom tt may concern.-

1 BETER c. SMITH, `orA BROOKLYN, NEW YoRnAssIcNoRTo HIMsEL'F AND.

ROBERT DONAHUE, OF `SAME PLAGE.

team` Panama. carla-"daad December 7, 1869.

IMIPROYED KEY-GUARD.

Thel Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thenamev Be it known `that I, PETER Gr. SMITH, of Brooklyn,

in the-county of Kingsand` in the State of NewI I York, `have inventedcertain new and useful Improve- `menta in Key- Fastener; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to .thelletters of i reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.-

` Thefnature of my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of, a key-fastener, by the use of which keys may befastened`on the inside,

in such a' manner that it will be impossible for anybody totur'n itfrom'tlle inside.

In order to enable others `skilled inthe art to'which my inventionappertains, to makeand use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and opa eration, referring' to th'e annexed drawings,.inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view, and 4 Figure 2, a side view of myinvention. 1A Arepresent two jaws., pivoted together at their upperends, and sb bent that when closed they shall `open on the inner side.

Theend of said box, at the foot-of the jaw, is provided with asemicircular notch, c, as seen inpfig. 1.

` When a door islocked onthe inside, thejaws A A are placed over thedoor-knob, and the boxes B` B fitted over the handle of the `key',' andclosed, the key` passing through the now circular hole a a.

The boxes B B are then fastened together by a ring, l), whichis pivotedto one of them, and is placed may be hinged 'to the jaws'A A, and Iintend so to The boxes B B may also be open at theouter sides,

4or even at the ends, if so desired, and the fastening,

instead of being by means of a ring, as above mentioned, may be a catchor any other suitable means,

by which the same object may be accomplished. Havingthus fully describedmy invention,

ters Patent, is-L A key-fastener, composed, ofthe jaws A A and boxes BB, constructed and fastened together sub-y What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letst'antiallyin the manner and for the purposesherein p set forth; y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 8th day of October,` 1869.

. PETER G. SMITH.` Witnesses:

` 70. L. EVERT,

J. M. MASON.

